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Re: Is there any documentation on how to configure the Gnome Desktop environment?



On Fri 12 Sep 2014 at 16:35:05 -0700, Rick Thomas wrote:

> 
> On 09/11/14 06:14, Brian wrote:
> >On Wed 10 Sep 2014 at 23:35:53 -0700, Rick Thomas wrote:
> >
> >>In particular, I’m interested in getting Gnome under Jessie to use a
> >>terminal program that isn’t gnome-terminal.
> >Activities -> Show Applications -> Settings -> Keyboard -> Shortcuts
> >
> >Custom Shortcuts -> Name/Command -> Apply
> >
> >Click on "Disabled" -> Then press key(s) you want to launch an xterm
> 
> Thanks!  That helped alot!  (-:   But it's really buried quite deep
> in the menus. /-:

Reduce the digging: a right click on the desktop takes you to "Settings".
And you only have to do it the once.

> Now, the question is: how do I make xterm (or lxterm) the
> "local-official" terminal app under my local version of Gnome.  Is
> there a place buried even deeper in the menus for that?

Bring up an xterm from gnome-terminal; its icon will be under
"Activities". Right click on the icon; "Add to Favourites".


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